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I
was very disappointed with the last Olympics. I found the
“drug-free” pledge to be particularly annoying. The games would
all be more exciting and challenging if every athlete was as
enhanced as science could make them. Drugs, bio-mechanical
implants, genetic manipulation, spare parts grafted on or pared
away, let’s get a look at just how far our scientific knowledge
and competitive zeal can push the boundaries of human physical
achievement. With the eventuality of space travel looming before
us, it’s become pretty apparent that we’re going to have to do
some severe alterations in the structure of the human form to
accommodate the gravity, radiation and time problems. So why not
start the ball rolling by encouraging the Olympians to max out the
capabilities of strength and endurance? Go the distance and prove
their national pride and sports enthusiasm by becoming medical
guinea pigs? Let’s see some six-legged hurdlers and hydraulic
pole-vaulters and maybe some gilled and finned swimmers. Now that
would be totally worth watching. It would be like a sports event
and technology expo all in one and just think of all the cool
internal graphics the announcers could display as well as snippets
from ghoulish operations and doctor updates. Who knows? Perhaps
we’ll find out that the “Borg” may be the good guys after all.
It’s just time to start some major changes in how we view mankind
as a species. This whole war thing has made me sadly aware of how
little anything has changed in 5000 years.
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